When Pride Still Mattered

A Life of Vince Lombardi

David Maraniss

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Touchstone
30 September 2000

Biography: sport; Sports & outdoor recreation

In this groundbreaking biography, David Maraniss captures all of football great Vince Lombardi: the myth, the man, his game, and his God.

More than any other sports figure, Vince Lombardi transformed football into a metaphor of the American experience. The son of an Italian immigrant butcher, Lombardi toiled for twenty frustrating years as a high school coach and then as an assistant at Fordham, West Point, and the New York Giants before his big break came at age forty-six with the chance to coach a struggling team in snowbound Wisconsin. His leadership of the Green Bay Packers to five world championships in nine seasons is the most storied period in NFL history. Lombardi became a living legend, a symbol to many of leadership, discipline, perseverance, and teamwork, and to others of an obsession with winning.

By: David Maraniss
Imprint: Touchstone
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 159mm, Spine: 38mm
Weight: 658g
ISBN: 9780684870182
ISBN 10: 0684870185
Pages: 541
Publication Date: 30 September 2000
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active